Overview

Learn how to ensure that your Elevar Tracking carries over to your new Shopify theme.

Ensure Elevar App Theme Embed is Enabled:

Customize Current Shopify Theme:

• Begin on your Shopify homepage and use the left-hand menu to click on the "Sales channels" tab. Then, locate and click on the "Online Store Tab.
  • In the "Online Stores" tab, use the drop-down menu to click on the "Themes" tab.
  • Once in the "Themes" settings, locate and click on the "Customize" button.
    • (See Figure 1)

Figure 1

Enable Elevar App Theme Embed:

• Once in the Customize settings, use the left-hand menu and click on the "App Embeds" tab.
  • Use the search feature and locate the "Elevar Data Layer" app embed.
  • Once you have located the "Elevar Data Layer" app embed, use the toggle to ensure that it is enabled.
    • (See Figure 2)

Figure 2

Save Changes:

• After enabling the Elevar app embed, locate and click on the "Save" button in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
  • (See Figure 3)

Figure 3

Step 2: QA You Shopify Store

To check that your events and tags are firing as expected, follow our guide, How to QA Shopify store with GTM container in Preview Mode

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Pro Tip: You can QA an upcoming theme in preview mode to validate before publishing!

Troubleshooting Tips:

Be aware of any customizations you made to your data layer and ensure those carry over to your new theme. Customizations are recommended to be made following our customization guide.